After you finished gagging on  of  Blake Shelton and  Gwen Stefani’s wedding earlier this month, you might have noticed that several of their A-list friends weren’t in attendance (*cough*  Adam Levine *cough*).

Well, the country crooner has finally broken his silence on why that was, and he wants you — and any  co-hosts listening — to know it was nothing personal!

While speaking with Storme Warren on SiriusXM’s 

The Highway, the 45-year-old opened up about the couple’s romantic nuptials at their Oklahoma ranch on July 3. Although 40 family members and friends witnessed the singers say “I do,” certain people weren’t in attendance — and Blake explained that was simply because he and Gwen wanted to keep it small!

He said:

“I’ve had awkward conversations with so many of my friends. ‘Oh, oh, yeah. I read about that.

How was that?’ Listen, we kept it small, get over it. That’s not about you. So, there’s a lot of them.”

So who did make the cut? As we covered, host  Carson Daly was not only invited to the wedding — !

The  alum opened up about his big role in the nuptials earlier this month, telling the  show that it was a “very, very special” day. He said:

“It was incredible to be a part of such an important moment in their lives.

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